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Currie Hill Close, SW19

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Place Name Currie Hill Close was laid out in 1956 on the site of a house called Curriehill, built in…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named after a Scottish connection, Village, Wimbledon

Coach House Lane, SW19

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Place Name Unsurprisingly, this was laid out over a former coach house. It was originally the coach house to Atherton…

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Filed under: Merton, street names connected with transport, Village, Wimbledon

Clifton Road, SW19

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Place Name Takes its name from the affluent Bristol suburb of Clifton. William Elliott Oliver, a solicitor, inherited a sizeable…

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Filed under: Bristol, Merton, streets named 1880, Village, Wimbledon

Clement Road, SW19

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Place Name Clement Peache (1747 – October 23, 1815) was the great-grandfather of the James Courthope Peache junior – who…

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Filed under: Belvedere Estate Company, Merton, streets named 1905, Village, Wimbledon

Church Road, SW19

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Place Name Originally Wimbledon Lane – this has in fact undergone many name changes in its time. Neil Ransome, in…

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Filed under: Church of England, Merton, name change, street named after a church, Village, Wimbledon

Castle Close, SW19

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Place Name As with Castle Way, Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that…

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Filed under: Merton, streets named 1960, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Castle Way, SW19

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Place Name Castle Tower/s – later the Castle Towers Hotel – was a substantial villa that stood, prior to demolition,…

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Filed under: Merton, street named 1959, streets named after buildings, Village, Wimbledon

Burghley Road, SW19

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Place Name Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and 2nd Baron Burghley (May 5, 1542 – February 8, 1623) already…

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Filed under: Cecil family, Elizabeth I, Merton, streets named 1901, Thomas Cecil, Village, Wimbldeon

Barham Road, SW19

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Place Name Laid out as part of the Old Park estate development in 1929, it is named after a former…

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Filed under: Drax family, Merton, military, Old Park estate, slavery, streets made after ships, Village, Wimbldeon

Avondale Road, SW19

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Place Name Prince Albert Victor (January 8, 1864 – January 14, 1892), Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of…

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Filed under: cluster, Merton, streets named after royals, Village, Wimbledon Park

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